report outlines specific actions on china, defense policy in asia the korean prince, india and southeast asiaand generated, we did it on our own research budgets. and drew on the asia expertise we have at csis that runs the gamut in terms of regional functional expertise and policy back grouchbd. on my far left, on your far right, chris johnson, scott miller leads our work on business diplomacy here, victor shaw is the korea chair matt goodman is the chair of the intern5xhq1 political economy and the and ernie bauer, the southeast asia chair. now we also want to introduce and welcome one new member of the team, who just arrived and starting this week, scott kennedy, who will be joining us starting this week the chinese economy, which is a terrific edition for us and we're delighted to have him here. i'm going to summarize the points from the report for you. and then and the questions i'll let my colleagues elaborate on the different portions that they wrote. let me begin with trade, because i think most of us would agree over the coming two years, perhaps the most important thing the united s

it is offering to do the same for southeast asia. the government has agreed to start construction in thailand by the end of the year. >> the rail project is expected to cost around $12 billion. beijing and boink cock have yet to work out how it will be financed. the plan is to play around 873 kilometers of new track and 106 brand new shiny modern trains. >> some question china's motives. the existing trains and track gauges in southeast asia aren't compatible with china's real network, so it means thailand will have two rail systems with one just to connect to china. logistics and transport experts believe the new train network and route is designed to benefit china. >> from a chinese perspective it makes sense for them to have their system put in the neighboring countries. from a historical perspective it was a different system. that enables connectivity to support china but then also access to resources. >> for this grandmother who's been taking the train for 30 years to see her family in southern thailand, any attempt to shorten h

singapore is the diamond in the rough of southeast asia. that is a great way to tie an entire trip together and get the cosmopolitan feel of singapore along with the raw feel of vietnam. >> whichf othese appeals to you? >> i have to say poland. my wife is from poland. on the off chance that she is watching right now. they are lovely people. so sweet. >> very clever. what is your number one pick? what do you think is the hottest hot spot of 2015? >> i think an icy spot but i have iceland at the top of my list. there is phenomenal topography and with all of the "game of thrones" love iceland is one of the most incredible spots at the moment. >> i will book my trip as soon as we are done. thanks, guys. >> enjoy the rest of the holidays. >> thank you. >> you are going to need a bigger boat. we are talking to the guy that travels the oceans chasing and tagging great whites. these are expeditions that are inspiring millions of people around the world. >>> taking a deep dive into the business of sharks for many divers the possibility of coming fac

technology we have today, a whole issue of peep from the west or from the middle east, or from southeast asiaoing to fight in syria and building that network 10 times more dangerous. >> are you worried about those who never go over? gauze is puts out, you know, messages to say committee crimes or do these things in the name of islam? >> sure. those individuals are dangerous. it's very difficult to figure out where they are because individual nature of the threat, the individual nature of the radicalization process and of the, you know, operational process, go from radicalization to being operational is very personal and sometimes very short. however, i think with every threat i look at it as an equation, threat equal intention plus capability. the intention will always be there. you are always going to have people who want to attack us. will they have the capability to do it? >> what our system is decides, the national secure system is designed to identify and disrupt. however, they want to be successful. time. >> is there a counter narrative that the west can present after 911 we had a set o

and i think that will have an impact on southeast asia.and the last one is the arbitrational or arbitration try bu na bual, it could come out this year maybe early 2016. you know i think the way china reacts to that decision and the way the asian countries respond to it will be something that we should try not to be surprised by and that's why we flagged this in the report. it's something the american foreign policy should be all over. and we should be working the traps in capitals throughout the indo pacific getting prepared for that so we're not surprised. >> historically that has not been partisan but highly divisive. she had good meetings with the president, good meetings with senator mcconnell who has been human rights in berm ma is that bipartisanship and sort of cross governmental consensus that's held around the new approach the myanmar. is that in jeopardy? >> the question is i don't know. the top as you mentioned the most interested guy on the hill is now thee senator mcconnell. he has been a close follower of developments in mya

engineering but we have learnt from the past several decades of wars in the of the al east and southeast asia that lessons had been merged. to say inflexibly in and rationally but another the said that we have learnt -- learned is that they want to be free to go to more than half to factor the citizenry luckily the government learned that so long as you depend on psittacine bill payers that is up with the casualties so with richard nixon we created the all volunteer army with the purpose to create a military force to be used without citizens get team in though way. -- getting in the play. so the armies of the the east were professional soldiers coming very heavily from the south or southwest from military families. there was not much domestic conflict but no one was up in arms about it. but it is a professional army not drawn from the chatter but it

god help us when the next economic downturn comes because you are going to see europe explode, southeast asia explode, the middle east to load, and if america has not forgotten its revolutionary past, america will explode as well. >> you heard it here first. thank you all very much. [applause] >> q&a is 10 years old and you mark a decade of conversations we are featuring one interview from each year of the series. today, former congressman bob ney. the ohio republican resign from congress in 2006 and pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for trading political favors with lobbyist jack abram off in exchange for gifts. after serving 17 months in prison mr. ney wrote a book about his experience. that is q&a tonight at 7:00 eastern. also, conversations with astronauts and private citizens who have flown into space. the program begins with walter cunningham, lunar module pilot on apollo seven in 1968 nasa's third civilian astronaut talked about the early apollo missions among the space race with the russians, and the future of nasa in a conversation at the explorers club in new york city in october

we want to ensure that bringing them to southeast asia for the first time and presenting them to there in singapore, we're still preserving the drawings. and it's challenging. it means that we've got to control the environment perfectly. the reason why it's quite dark in here is because light is the biggest enemy of 500-year-old drawings. so after they're on show here in singapore for three months they then have to rest in the dark for three years. >> reporter: how significant is this work that we're looking at? >> this is a masterpiece. this is one of the pages, you're looking here at leonardo's hand. this is his design for a mechanical wing. so in these two sections here, he's sitting ingsetting out all of theory all of the diagrams to build an aircraft. this is four centuries before the wright brothers invented mechanical flight and here we have leonardo perfectly articulating what would be required. >> reporter: this is the world's first art science museum and we know that da vinci was someone who brought these two studies together, so how significant is it to be showing his work

other countries, they go to southeast asia.n up with your mobile phone and go directly to the mobile experience. that is a very smart way to go about it here it >> then there is the drones. >> that is right. we cannot dismiss the element of rivalry in these efforts. google very famously with this project floating balloons over developing companies and now facebook with its conductivity lab is getting into this space. no one wants to be blocked out of the markets. getting into the space. satellite development, marcus talk about lasers. he is talking about drones. that is certainly an element bringing the internet to these corners of the world that really do not have these immature cell phone networks. >> i wonder if there is a completely different path, not only an application, but a different business use case that will emerge around these countries to drive this adoption . >> sure. one of the most admirable things mark zuckerberg is doing is not just access to facebook. it is wikipedia, google search, family-planning informati

i think that southeast asia will surprise us this year. i would love to thailand. thailand is a powder keg politically. the government there the military government has said that they cannot do elections this year like they had hoped to do and that they will probably do them in 2016. i personally believe that they will not do them until there are other events that we can talk about probably not on tv happen. the economy is not performing at the level that it shouldn't. when the business community turns against the government for starts to have stories about it, we should be watching for some political developments in thailand. i think they will assert themselves much more seriously into foreign affairs and security issues than we thought. i think that that will have an impact on southeast asia. the last one is the arbitration tribunal. the decision could come out this year, maybe early 2016. you know, i think that the way that china react to that decision and the way that other countries respond will be something that we should try not to be surprised by. that is w

the reality is airlines are growing too quickly in southeast asia and the asian pacific in general. ia has ordered another 36 airbus. they have to be careful how they introduce these two service. they have to work with regulators, and therein lies a big problem. the regulating authorities are not up to the task. they need to get their act together and bring in the surrey expertise from around the world. it is a worry for a lot of professional people in the industry at the moment, that airlines are growing too quickly. financial management does not understand the same issues. -- the safety issues. the currentk about situation for the flight 8051. it looks like they found possibly one of the main parts of the flight. some bodies were found still strapped to their seats, which suggests to a lot of aviation experts that it was an airplane stall and not disintegration in the sky. talk about what the significance -- talk about the significance of what this could mean. the'm not convinced aircraft arrived in the water in one piece. it could have broken up midflight. been scattered over the

i think that will have an impact on southeast asia and asean. the last one is the arbitration -- arbitration tribunal, the decision will probably come out -- it could come out this year, maybe early 2016. you know, i think that the way that china reacts to that decision and the way the aca and -- the asean countries responded will be something that we should try not to be surprised by. that is why we flagged this in the report. it is something the american foreign policies should be all over. we should be working the traps -- the traps in capitals throughout the indo pacific so that we are not surprised. >> burma policy has historically been not partisan, but highly divisive. when aung san suu kyi came here she had good meetings with the president, good meetings with senator mcconnell. is that bipartisanship and cross governmental consensus, is that in jeopardy? >> the answer is, i don't know. as you mentioned, the most interested guy on the hill is now the leader of the senate. senator mcconnell. he has been a close follower of the developments

. >> we have learned from the past several decades of wars in the middle east, wars and southeast asia and the number of lessons of emerged from this. one is to think emotionally and the other is a lesson that we led governments learn that if they want to be free to go to war they have to factor the citizenry of the equation so long as you depend upon citizen soldiers and citizens bill payers. think that is what happened over the past several decades the soldiers recruited very heavily from the south and southwest military families. as a result there was not much to mistake, you know, conflict about about the war. no one was up in arms over it. faces of the fallen. professional army back to the citizens out. now nobody is fighting the casualties. problems in the united states. it started to be too easy to use force. can launch a strike syndromes. unfortunate follow politics canonsburg very nice fellow. wants to announce that a a meeting of the american political science association for nefarious redistricting schemes. number it's the other games per. >> i want to close with this quote

in the mean tile, you still need to get the flu shot. >>> well, in southeast asia, today search teams found two large objects that are belief today be part of air asia flight 371. so far, four large pieces have been found. now one of the pieces 1st down today is about 60 feet long, maybe part of the plane's lodge. now officials are saying that finding the wreckage largely in tact would greatly help their investigation. the u.s. navy is now joining the search. a total of 59 diving teams from various countries are searching the java sea. they are concentrate orange a 1600 square mile air. now today--area. now today, the first person to be identified was buried in a ceremony attended by hundreds of people. >>> four people died when a small plane crashed in rural kentucky. a 7-year-old girl survived. she walked nearly a mile to the nearest house in search for help. crews were looking at the wreckage before dawn today. the pilot tried to go to a near by airport. kentucky state police say that the plane was in route to illinois from key west, florida. the young girl was taken to the hospita

>> it's not just southeast asia. if you look anywhere in the third world, you would find safety records. our safety record in the u.s. is extraordinary. there's a fatal crash every two or three years now. buffalo commuter plane that was pilot fatigue. very rare. the difference is -- >> can you remember the last major airline disaster other than -- it was a commuter. you have to go back to the twa crash. >> you probably have to go back to the twa crash. a major plane that just killed a lot of people. this is where the faa plays a very effective role in training pilots and prescribing rules for airlines and it's not the same in the rest of the world. this pilot did have 20,000 hours of airasia. a very experienced pilot. the plane appears to be well maintained. there's an issue of whether the weather briefing was given by dispatchers or not. possibility of icing which also may have brought down the airfrance flight 447 in brazil several years ago when a critical piece of equipment iced up and they lost their air speed r

god help us when the next economic downturn comes because you are going to see europe explode, southeast asia explode, the middle east explode. and if america hasn't forgotten its revolutionary past, america is going to explode, as well. >> you heard it here first. thank you all very much. [applause] >> thank you. >> next, a series of discussions on space travel. we will hear from what cunningham on the space

and crude oil in southeast asia and elsewhere. executives say they suspect the impact of lower crude oil prices to continue in the next fiscal year. that's it for biz tonight. lets get a check of the markets. >>> people in taipei love the charm of the city's old neighborhoods. they know they can't sit still if they want to preserve their unique atmosphere. north korea world's reporter tells us what they're doing to revive traditional districts. >> reporter: medicines, dry food food, and many other favorites. some of the stores are on the street in central taipei haven't seemed to have changed in a century. this neighborhood used to be one of the key places for trade. many of the buildings here were built by wealthy merchants. these days it's popular with tourists as well as local. this area is now undergoing a transformation. this building is almost a century old. it used to be a shop selling traditional chinese medicine. now, it's a boutique selling teapots and other ceramics. although it has been refurbish refurbished, the origi

this is china and southeast asia. that the demand for skills skills iran air crew skills in air traffic controllers, skills in maintenance is outstripping supply. that's only natural. southeast asia has got more planes on order than the united states north america and europe combined which shows you just how fast this business is outstripping the ability to superimportant it. that's my concern about the safety regime really. >> right. to be able to make sure these pilots have enough experience and training. >> yes. the whole food chain of supplying pilots. they used to be supplied by air forces which they get a great deal of confidence. far fewer military pilots now. nothing like it. all these pilots have to begin by flying in the most rudimentary way. you can't hire somebody and put them in charge of a jetliner. >> clive irving thank you. >>> up next gathering the clues and then putting the pieces back together. we'll take you to a crash lab to show you some potential clues there. >>> plus the mayor of surabaya makes

you're going to see southeast asia explode. you're going to see the middle east explode. if america hasn't -- >> the event begins with the obama administration's use of executive orders. that is live at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. here on c-span, we will have a discussion of the u.s. policy towards the asia-pacific region. it will be live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> the 114th congress gavels in on tuesday. watch live coverage of the house on c-span. in the senate live on c-span two. track the gop led congress. new congress, best access on c-span. newsmakers his next with ken buck of colorado. we look at public opinion of the congress and white house. at a :00, our conversation with janet madea. >> joining us from denver colorado is congressman ken buck. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> joining after questioning is emma and sean, i appreciate your

singapore is the diamond in the rough of southeast asia. that is a great way to tie an entire trip together and get the cosmopolitan feel of singapore along with the raw feel of vietnam. >> whichf othese appeals to you? >> i have to say poland. my wife is from poland. on the off chance that she is watching right now. they are lovely people. so sweet. >> very clever. what is your number one pick? what do you think is the hottest hot spot of 2015? >> i think an icy spot but i have iceland at the top of my list. there is phenomenal topography and with all of the "game of thrones" love iceland is one of the most incredible spots at the moment. >> i will book my trip as soon as we are done. thanks, guys. >> enjoy the rest of the holidays. >> thank you. >> you are going to need a bigger boat. we are talking to the guy that travels the oceans chasing and tagging great whites. these are expeditions that are inspiring millions of people around the world. these ally bank ira cds really do sound like a sure thing but i'm a bit skeptical of sure things

44 elite police officers who were killed during a man hunt for one of the most wanted men in southeast asia. there is still no official confirmation as to if that target was actually neutralized during that hunt but many in the public are very unhappy about way the government has handled not only the entire nation but the aftermath what could have went wrong could have led to the loss of life for the security forces in one single incident. aside from that up in question also right now is the peace deal that has been signed with the muslim rebels, the liberation front. that peace deal has been signed last year but their forces were still armed and in control of the area where this police operation was going down. it led to a skirmish, a gun battle that lasted almost 12 hours. they're calling it a mistaken encounter, but they say this entire concept of a final peace with them should be reconsidered. >> a massive gas explosion at a maternity hospital in mexico's hospital has left a woman and two children dead and dozens more injured. mexico city's mayor says around 70% of the hospital has been

. >>> the air space over southeast asia could be extremely crowded. could that be a reason for the crash. and did the pilot land on the surface of the water only to have it sink in high seas. and the u.s. slams north korea with even more sanctions, targeting cyber operations and weapons dealers. we'll have the latest. alright, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours but aleve can last 12 hours. and aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. so why am i still thinking about this? how are ya? good. aleve. proven better on pain. ♪ [carpenters: "rainy days and mondays"] ♪ [ac/dc: "back in black"] ♪ [ac/dc: "back in black"] chevy colorado. when you find new roads, you win motor trend's truck of the year. if a denture were to be put under a microscope we can see all the bacteria that still exists. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher brighter denture everyday. >>> breaking news in the search for flight 8501. a helicopter is now in the air searching

engineering, but we have learned from the past several decades of war in the middle east and southeast asia a number of lessons that have emerged from this. one is to take flexible and rationally but another lesson we've learned and this is perhaps not such a good lesson the governments learned that if they want to be free to go to war they have to factor the citizenry into the eight nation and what the governments learned from vietnam but so long as you depend on citizen soldiers and citizens bill payers are they get fed up with the casualties so starting as an sure you know ensure you know with richard nixon we created an all volunteer army with the purpose being to create a military force that could be used flexibly without citizens getting in the way and i think that is what happened over the past several decades and noticed that our armies in the middle east were armies of professional soldiers and recruited a very heavily from the south and southwest and military families. as a result, there wasn't much domestic conflict about the war. people thought it was a bad idea but no one was u

can export rice to cuba and deliver within two-week window easily where if you're coming from southeast asia you're talking 45-60 days. time is money as well. it also limits where the rice can be discharged. >> professor , a lot of americans thought we had an embargo with cuba and they're surprised to find that the united states is the greatest suppliers to that island. >> a number of years ago there were holes punched in the embargo, which allowed shipment of certain products, certain medicines, and certain agricultural products including rice, chicken parts, and some others. u.s. exports to cuba has been in the range of $300 million too $400 million per year. as is this program is suggesting under the new regulations there could be a very considerable increase not only in tourists, but also in u.s. exports. a lot depends on how the cuban government reacts. there is an offer for u.s. telecommunications, and we don't know what extent the cuban government will embrace these opportunities or not. >> this is an important part of the debate. in the past wasn't there a rhythm that was set up? the

afghanistan, pakistan and southeast asia. how can we analyze the power and appeal of ideology the way ideas set strategy and tactics, why such a huge man is it any reference to the islamic religion and its texts or doctrines isn't permitted? perhaps it was only in 1946 win george can and wrote his classified telegram that america began to understand the nature of the soviet union, why it acted the way it did and how the kremlin fought and why the u.s. saw it as a grave threat to america. it took three decades to understand the mind of the enemy. to complicate matters further, today there are two enemies non-european religiously informed non state terrorist groups like isis. second and equally dangerous, states that in fact fund and support them. eric is evidence that just recently the atlantic reporting june of this year two of the most successful factions battling assad's groups, the islamic state of iraq and syria and their success is due to the support they received from the two persian gulf countries qatar and saudi arabi

. >> the skies over southeast asia are considered pretty crowded so anything that adds to the sheer volume without prior permission would seem an undue risk. how important is it to determine if this was a system-wide failure that allowed 8501 to take off or something else? >> well it's important on many different levels. first of all it's a carrier who is not following the law. whenever that happens, be it something, they're calling a paperwork issue. whether or not you have good engines and inspected plane ready to fly, they're all important to safety. the second is flow control and really how many aircraft are up in the sky. granted they don't have a lot of private aviation over there but commercial aviation are assigned to specific flight levels and they're up there in the altitudes where the planes were operating, 30,000 feet and above, and it can get crowded up there so that was an important thing and then finally, agreements among nations also dictate how many planes can go from one nation to another so they risk messing up a lot of these treaties among nations that allow the world t

part of that because -- because i feel not just in singapore but across the region especially in southeast asiathis country in this part of the world. >> film sometimes records and witnesses a saddened time in history. so in a sense you must be looking forward to recording singapore as you did in "ilo ilo" in the years to come as well. >> sure. and look forward, you are right, i look forward to telling more stories here because once a singaporean, you are always a singaporean, whether you are living in new york or london you are a singaporean at heart. some things don't change deep inside. i hope to slowly -- like i said i'm trying to find my bearings and i still have to slowly find my way. >> i look forward to that. >> thank you so much. >> thank you very much anthony. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> hmm. >> good. >> yeah. hey, have some. not like. >> i like. ♪ ♪ ♪ quick hello and happy new year. welcome to "focus on europe." this week, we look back to some of the highlights of 2014. it was a difficult choice, but here are some of our pieces which got the biggest reaction from viewers. europe's

. >>> some of leonardo da vinci's most famous drawings are being shown in southeast asia for the very first time at the art science museum in singapore. >> reporter: he may be known for one of the most famous paintings in the world, but leonardo da vinci is making a splash in asia for his drawings instead. exhibited at singapore's art science museum these centuries-old sketches offer clues to da vinci's genius as an artist, mathematician, architect and musician. but getting them here wasn't easy. so i'm speaking now to the woman who runs this art science museum. you've brought this extensive collection of da vinci's original works. these are hundreds of years old. first of all tell us how challenging was that? >> well, we're standing here in the room of the centerpiece of da vinci shaping the future. and we're looking here at drawings which are 500 years old. they're priceless. so we want to ensure that bringing them to southeast asia for the first time and presenting them to the public here in singapore, we're still preserving the drawings. and that's challenging. it means that we've

. >> reporter: in southeast asia's biggest financial center investors see an exciting investment opportunityeas. because of drastic depreciation of japanese yen many singaporeians are now focusing on properties in tokyo. a seminar on investing in japanese condominiums took place last month. condos in central toke yeh were on sale located close to the famous ginza shopping area. saths agents said the properties could generate high returns. the audience included a public school teacher and an i.t. firm employee. the majority were couples were two incomes and ample savings. many of them bought properties after the plan. all 30 condos sold within three months. >> the property prices are affordable compared to singapore. >> now japanese yen currency is quite low. converting dollar to japanese yen is a lot of benefit. money has been flowing into singaporean property in recent years, sending prices sky high. real estate in japan is cheap by comparison. a two-bedroom apartment in a tokyo condominium was priced at about $570,000. a similar place in singapore would cost 50% more. >> translator: an inc

most of the visitors are from china, south korea and southeast asia. travelers go through the airport in record numbers. in 2014, nearly 1.5 million, that's 20% more than the previous year. the cheaper yen has made traveling in japan more affordable. as well, more kinds of goods are now duty-free, including food and cosmetics. after using the ski resorts and hot springs, many foreign tourists look forward to shopping. >> very many, yes, very good, very nice. i love. >> cheaper than shanghai. >> reporter: the departure hall is lined with souvenir shops crowded with travelers enjoying their final moments in japan. some shoppers buy enough goods to fill a cardboard box. >> translator: many foreign tourists buy in large quantities. popular items sell out really quickly. it's great for business. >> reporter: these days so many people are checking luggage that the screening machines can't keep up. and suitcases pile up at the counters. as a result over the tourism boom, some airlines want to increase the number of flights to -- airport. but because of the li

also comes from southeast asia so there are a number of sources. our primary goal is to identify who is distributing it here in maryland and put an end to it. >> that's hundreds of deaths per year in our small state. that's a lot. it's already being sold as we know and moved through our state in midbhd -- maryland ilwillingly -- illegally. what can a new law do? >> we have federal laws to prosecute heroin dealers n. appropriate cases we're using those powerful tools. for example, if someone distributes heroin and it causes the death of a user, you can face a mandatory penalty of 20 years up to life in federal prison. our state partners are looking for similar authorities so they can prosecute those dealers in state court. >> is it difficult to track it back to a dealer though because it's made so cheaply and so quickly? how difficult is that? >> it is challenging. one of the things we're doing now is we're working with local police departments to investigate heroin deaths as homicides rather than suicides. if treated as a suicide, you tat victim fr

. >> the other parts of the region east asia, southeast asia, asia at large we're week and couldn't challenge it but i don't think china does this without having real blowback from countries in the region who can militarize, nuclearize, or challenge the chinese. so my concern on the rising china, to prevent a rising china from being an aggressive rising china is more up to them than it is to us. >> we thank the panelists for these remarkable presentations. [applause] >> just a quick note. for those who rsvp asked to the dinner and reception the investigation beginscast 30 to omni. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >>> booktv is on twitter. follow to us get publishing news selling updates, author information, and to talk directly with authors during our live program. twitter.com/booktv. >> saturday, january 24th is national read-a-thon day. organizers have asked participants to pledge four hours to reading as part of a fundraiser for the national book foundation's educational program. throughout the past week, booktv asked viewers on social media what they were reading. here are some of the

and the victims, the government says are the children in southeast asia who are pushed to work in deplorable conditions in factories to keep pumping out this stuff so americans and others can buy it. they targeted international shipments, most of it they say came from china warehouses stores street vendors and even things that were purchased online. they're also saying american jobs could be at stake because legitimate stores stand to go out of business if people keep buying the fake stuff on the streets. dara? >> tracie potts live from washington thanks. >>> back in seattle, a medical marijuana retailer called solstice is capitalizing with limited edition joints. they're calling it the 12-pack, a nod to seahawks fans called the 12th man, prepackaged and rerolled but only sold to medical marijuana users. in anticipation they're rolling 12,000 of them and that worked out to around 180 to 220 joints made during an eight-hour shift. when asked one employee said "it's not like i go home with cramps or anything." >>> nbc is the only place to watch nub 49. pregame coverage begins at noon kickoff a

. >>> developing in the southeast asia area, divers have recovered the second black box from that airasia plane that crashed. the cockpit voice recorder was freed from under pieces of the wing. about 100 people were found under the surface of the java sea. this came a day after the flight attendant was recovered. the original devices can provide a timeline of what happened on december 28. >>> it is better late than never for the crew of the international space station. the unmanned spacex dragon supply ship arrived yesterday with 5,000 pounds of cargo including groceries and belated christmas presents. the delivery was late because a previous supply ship was destroyed in an october launch explosion. >>> the climbers on yosemite el capitan are about to make history. their climb is almost complete. they could reach the summit by tomorrow. kevin jorgenson and tomorrow any caldwell are about to become the first people to climb don wall using hands and feet. the ropes, gear, aren't helping them whatsoever. they are safety measures. they are bringing food, water, batteries and whiskey to the cl

this is his first visit to southeast asia as pope.just coming off of a several long days trip to sri lanka and now arriving in the philippines which is the largest catholic country among the asian nations there. and he'll spend time speaking with some of the survivors of the tsunami a few years back. >> we've watched all morning as a lot of people excited and waiting his a rifle. we will have a live report for you later this morning. >>> and you can expect subfreezing temperatures throughout your morning. keep in mind there could be pa ice out there on untreated roads and sidewalks. amelia segal is in the 4 x 4 with your commuter forecast. >>> riders looking for answers this morning. what we're learning about a big announcement being made today. >>> it is 5:00 a.m.. good morning. i'm aar gilchrist. >> and i'm angie goff in for eun yang. today we're walking up to a calm morning and things appear to be clearing out. >> let's get right to tom kierein. >> we can exhale. no more snow this morning. everything has dried out beautifully. tha

think they say of the thousands of children in southeast asia working in poor conditions to make that stuff. think of the hundreds if not thousands of americans who could lose job at stores that sell legitimate souvenirs because you're buying something that's cheap err and not legitimate. that was their point when the government and the nfl got together for a news conference today or yesterday i should say, detailing this crack down. they have confiscated since last super bowl nearly $20 million worth of stuff, more than 300 dhous items and they've made 52 arrests what they're calling operation team player. again, urging people not to buy these items. they targeted large international shipments, most of them coming from china. they targeted warehouses stores flea markets, street vendors and online vendors. betty. >> lots of places. okay. thank you so much. >>> back in seattle a medical marijuana retailer called sole cities is capitalizing with limited education giants. they're calling it the 12th pack a nod to seattle seahawks fans who are called the 12th man, therapy packaged and pre

soaring exports of steel and smartphones to the united states and southeast asia drove up the surplus. customs officials say the trade balance for last year was in the black by about $382.5 billion. exports rose just over 6% from the chief year so about 2.3 trillion. imports rose just 0.4% to nearly $2 trillion. imports of automobile related items grew but they were offset by a fall in crude oil and other resource prices. the united states has long criticized china for keeping its currency undervalued. the new figures are likely to increase pressure on beijing to raise the value of the yuan. >>> and that is going to do it for biz tonight. i'll leave you with the markets. >>> american authorities say they have no plans to cancel their annual trip over south korea. leaders in pyongyang had asked them to scrap the joint exercise. north korean officials said last week they would stop nuclear tests if the u.s. called off the drill. a spokesperson for the u.s. state department said authorities had rejected the proposal. >> the dpr case statement that inappropriately links routine, u.s. rok

. >> products from the factory are also exported to countries in europe and southeast asia. >>> indonesian searchers say they've found the tail of an airasia passenger jet that disappeared with 162 people on board. they say the section could house the crucial black box flight recorders. >> translator: i can confirm that we've found the tail. that's been our main target today. >> the head of the search and rescue agency says searchers located the wreckage off the coast of kalimantan. divers were able to identify it from letters written on the side. international teams from the u.s., australia and japan have been taking part in the operation. searchers have only recovered 40 bodies so far. they've made it a priority to retrieve the tail and the black boxes inside. they hope these voice and flight data recorders will reveal the cause of the crash. aviation authorities say the plane was flying through stormy weather when it disappeared on december 28th. it was heading from surabaya in indonesia to singapore. >>> south korean prosecutors have charged a former korean air vice president with viol

see this market as a very compelling investment theme, especially in southeast asia, where there areher dynamics. very big recipients of foreign money. you look at net foreign inflows. doing simple arithmetic, this is what you get. thailand, and malaysia. over half a billion has flown in , net-net, and this is asia's only major oil exporter, so what do we have? is ahilippine component record again. it has continued in january. we are at a record high. he closed at a record high on friday. over the past three years. if you normalize everything, it is the best-performing market, 64%. thailand is next. oxford economics, and let's put some meat into this. results of a study last month. what they did is they took a look at 45 countries, and in the case of the philippines, they reaches 40 bucks for crude, growth will average seven point 6% over the next year. that is not bad. that actually makes the philippines the biggest beneficiary of lower oil prices. so short-term, it looks a bit expensive. if you dca rotation, it is likely because it is a bit expensive. this is one of asia's most exp

. >> congressman aaron shocken on the record went to myanmar in southeast asia and now after serving long years in prison, the doctor is a freeman. >> it's very unusual. such a big man from the u.s. congress. to come for my release. >> back in summer 2012 brutal violence breaks out between muslims and buddhists in the country and the doctor is convicted of inciting riots. his daughter and numerous eye witnesses say that the doctor was actually there to stop the violence. >> was he part of the demonstrations? >> no. >> not at all? >> not at all. he was wh the apologies actually. >> the chaos killing 300 people and leaving nearly 150,000 innocent civilians suddenly homeless. months after the violence peaked in 2012 myanmar received a special visitor. president obama visiting the country making his move to get myanmar's government to release its political prisoners. >> hundreds of prisoners of conscious have been released and forced labor have been banned. >> but the doctor didn't get his freedom. the activist spending more than 2 more years in prison after the president's visit. >> he

. >>> and while millions celebrate with the pope in southeast asia a little girl from new jersey has her own personal visit with the pontiff. her touching story is next. >> and shop till you drop. apparently it doesn't get much better than right here in philadelphia. where the city has been declared a top spot to shop when "eyewitness news" continues. >> a grand display from mother nature in ice land. take look at these enormous lava flows that have been gushing from fissures near ice land's largest grace cher. they have createed several new land formations tonight. according to nasa the lava field is roughly the size of the island of manhattan and it is the largest eruption since the 18th century. >>> pope francis gets a rock star welcome for his first ever visit to the philippines and enormous crowd there cheered the holy father as he arrived in manila. the pope weighed in on the paris terror tax saying there are limits to freedom of expression especially when it and subtle someone's faith. officials expect up to 8 million people to attend a papal mass this sunday. >>> tonight the

. >> products from the factory are also exported to countries in europe, and southeast asia. >>> japan's shinkansen bullet trains have been whisking people to distant places for more than half a century. now executives see an opportunity to help build a new high speed railway system in the u.s. state of california. construction got under way this week. about 1,000 people attended a groundbreaking ceremony in the city of fresno. the project will cost $68 billion. state officials plan to begin operations by 2029. the trains will travel more than 800 kilometers between los angeles and san francisco in under three hours. >> we are very open to companies in the world. we know that we're now just starting on high speed rail but japan led the world in high speed rail and so we have a great deal to learn. >> ten groups have expressed interest in tendering bids to provide rail cars. they include companies from germany, france and china. japan has set up a consortium of seven companies, including east japan railway and kawasaki heavy industries. they'll urge the project's leaders to adopt the shin

someone threw coupons that looked like money out of a third floor window >>> stormy weather in southeast asia is slowing the search for victims and wreckage from airasia flight 8501. tara mergener has the latest on recovery efforts. >>> reporter: more bodies and numbered coffins were flown to surabaya today for identification. there were 162 people aboard the two-hour surabaya to singapore flight which disappeared from radar about halfway into the trip early sunday. so far, at least 7 bodies have been recovered including 22- year-old flight attendant [ non- english language ] , wearing her red uniform. [ non-english language ] >> reporter: her father said the young woman was on a one- way flight then was going on vacation. the bodies are being stored until they are autopsied and identified. relatives have gathered to wait and provide blood samples for dna to help identify the victims. wind and heavy rain today in the java sea continued to hamper searchers in their mission. divers are on standby at an unmanned under water vehicle that surveyed the ocean floor flown in to help find the exact lo

our goal is peace in southeast asia. that will come only when aggressors leave their neighbors in peace. what is at stake is the cause of freedom. and in that cause america will never be found wanting. but communism is not the only source of trouble and unrest. there are older and deeper sources in the misery of nations and man's irrepressible ambition for liberty and a better life. with the free republics of latin america, i have always felt and my country has always felt very special ties of interest and affection. it will be the purpose of my administration to strengthen these ties together we share and shape the destiny of the new world. and in the coming year, i hope to pay a visit to latin america. and i will steadily enlarge our commitment to the alliance for progress as the instrument of our war against poverty and injustice in this hemisphere. in the atlantic community, we continue to pursue our goal of 20 years. a europe that's growing in strength unity and cooperation with america. a great unfinished task is t